Putin stands aside from Iran

June 19, 2025 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Tags: |  Print This Article

From John Helmer:

Putin has given a green light:

The Kremlin has finally ( 14:30)  got around to posting the full Russian text of the press conference; there is still no official English text.

Putin also reveals that he arranged with Netanyahu not to hit the Bushehr reactor where there are 200 Russians at work: “We have agreed,” Putin said at the presser, “with the leadership of Israel, which will ensure their security.”

Finally, according to this Q&A:

“K.Talby: The second part of my question It also concerns Iran. There is a Strategic Partnership Agreement between Russia and Iran. It does not provide for the protection of Iran from the outside by Russia, but still there is a question of weapons.

Given the severity of this situation, Are you ready to provide new weapons to Iran so they can defend themselves from Israeli strikes?

Vladimir Putin: You know, we once offered our Iranian friends to work in the field of air defence system. The partners did not show much interest at that time, that’s all.With regard to the Strategic Treaty. the partnership you mentioned about, there are no articles related to the defense sphere. That’s the second point. Third.  To us our Iranian fFriends haven’t asked for that. So there’s almost nothing to discuss.

K.Talbi: You will allow me just a clarification?

Vladimir Putin: Yes, please.

K.Talbi: You still operate, if I’m not mistaken, S-300 and the modified S-200, so that in relation to air defence, Russia plays a role in the defence of Iran.

Vladimir Putin: You know, it’s not at all. Because our proposal is another: create systems – not separate deliveries, but systems. We are at the point where in the end… We once discussed, but the Iranian side  didn’t show especial interest in it, and it all stalled. As for individual supplies: yes, Of course, we carried out these deliveries in our time. It’s not anything unrelated  [related?] to today’s crisis. It was what they call it, regular cooperation in the military-technical sphere, and within the framework of international norms. Nor has Iran asked us for anything that would violate the well-known norms under which the signature of the Russian Federation —  we didn’t do anything. We have always stayed within the  normative, international regulatory framework. “